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UNITED STATES @Fitl.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON, OF DETROIT, IrIICHIGrAN, ASSIGNOR T0 FIE-HER BODYCOR- IPORATION OF DETROIT, IVIICIIIGAN', A CORPORATION OF NEW YORKJWINLDOH GUIDE.

AppIication filed May 26, 1923. Serial No. 641,609.

This invention relates to window guides intended primarily for use inautomobile closed body construction. The object of the present inventionis to construct a window guide entirely of felt which window guide has acapability of being removably held in the window well and also to thewindow post above the window well.

In my prior patent No. 1,463,4A4, I have described and claimed a similarwindow strip made of rubber. This is very satis factory for the purposespecified but is rather expensive and is not as soft as the feltconstruction.

It is not broadly new to construct win dow guides of this character offelt, but so far as I am aware, no one has thought it possible toconstruct a cloth window guide that has projecting ribs to permit theguide to be detachably anchored in place. The felt guides heretoforeused had to be nailed or tacked in place.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fraginenary side elevation of an automobile closed body.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross section taken on the line 4-4. of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective of a portion of the window well showinghow the strip may be fed into the window strip retaining member.

Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the subassembly which forms the channel.

a designates the window post which is provided with a projecting portion6 which is ordinarily called the window stop. a is a longitudinal groovetherein. d represents the window molding rabbeted as at e to provide ashoulder arranged to fit over the base of the felt window guide.

This felt window guide is made up of a base strip f of hard stiff felt.To this is sewed perpendicularly a pair of semi-hard felt strips gcovered by a covering preferably of velveteen designated 71. Thisvelveteen forms the surface with which the glass panel. contacts insliding in the window way. It also is waterproof and serves as aprotection to the felt underneath. This Velveteen forms the bottom ofthe channel and is sewed to the base strip 7 by the line of stitches zand j. T he covering is also sewed through the strips 9 by the stitchesis. The velveteen covering, together with each of the channel wallstrips, is sewed to the base by the stitches m.

Preferably the felt strips are first stitched to the velveteen coveringas shown in Fig. 6 and the complete assembly is then stitched to thebase strip by the stitches m, 2' and j as shown in Fig. 4t.

From the above description it will be seen that a composite cloth windowguide made largely of felt is provided, that this has the shapeliness ofa window guide with a rubber core, at the same time it is cheaper andsofter than a window guide constructed with a rubber core.

It will be seen that the ribs formed by the ends of the base memberbecause of the insetting of the channel strip walls, serve as means bywhich the guide may be detachably anchored to the post. Above the windowwell one of the ribs rests in the groove 0 and when the rabbeted moldingd is fitted over the other rib, the window guide is locked in place.

The window guide can be fed into the window well by inserting it at thetop of the dove-tail anchoring strip '12 which is secured to the face ofthe window post. It simply is slid into the top of this strip as shownin Fig. 5. This is quite an important feature as it permits thereplacing of the window strip at any time in the window well withoutremoval of the trimming and it also permits the window strip to beapplied to the job after the same is painted. This is an importantpoint, as care does not have to be taken to prevent the paint fromgumming up the window strip.

W hat I claim is:

1. A. composite window guide comprising a base member and a sub-ass mblyof strips of soft yieldable material united together as a channel unitand stitched to the base strip to form a glass guiding channel and oneor more laterally projecting ribs.

2. A composite window guide, comprising a base strip of relatively stiffmaterial and a sub assembly comprising a pair of strips of soft yieldingmaterial united by a covering strip which is sewed thereto to form achannel, the said sub-assembly being sewed to the base strip With one ofthe strips inset from the edge of the base to provide it projecting rib.

3. A composite Window guide, comprising a: base member of felt and asub-assembly of felt strips with a cloth covering uniting them togetheras a channel unit, the

said sub-assembly stitched to the base strip to form a glass guidingchannel and one or more laterally projecting ribs. 1

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON.

